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So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease by Thomas Levenson

So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Mike Cooper (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease at common listening paces
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1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease is an audiobook by Thomas Levenson: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Cooper, released April 29, 2025, on the Social Science and World shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Cooper
Released
April 29, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, World, Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9780593950111

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease audiobook?

So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease audiobook free?

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Who narrates So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease?

So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease is narrated by Mike Cooper.

Is So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.